Since retiring, I've revived one of my favorite aspects of The Fashion Sewing Group: Fashion Tours. In the late '90s and early '00s, I lead groups of women through Italy's fashion houses in Rome, Florence and Milan. Now, since 2016, I've been taking smaller groups on tours through Scotland mixing history, fashion production, and shopping in the fall. We use private cars to take us to the border region and the highlands. In the borders we visit cashmere mills that produce garments and accessories for fashion companies such as Chanel, Vuitton, Burberry and others. On another day trip, we cross into England to Linton Mills that produces the novelty woven fabrics for fashion houses, most famously Chanel. We also visit Roslyn Chapel of DaVinci Code fame, Outlander filming sites at Doune Castle (also the site of Monty Python Holy Grail filming) and Newtonmore a living museum as well as the major castles of Edinburgh, Stirling and Uruquardt. You needn't be a sewing enthusiast to come along and have a good time. It's a wonderful experience for everyone. If you're interested in joining me in fall 2018, September 30-October 9, just email me for details. The trips have been wonderful and lots of fun exploring castles, cashmere and tartan mills, and shopping. Just email me: sewfashion@aol.com for the details. If you're looking for travel without having to learn a new language, then you'll really enjoy this 9 day trip.